rondo
/ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/
rondo noun: a musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
Noun
rondo (countable and uncountable, plural rondos)
- A musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
- A small, disk-shaped piece of food, especially a single-serving dessert or small piece of candy.
- A dark-skinned grape, a hybrid of Vitis vinifera with Vitis amurensis and others.
- A game resembling keep-away, used to train soccer players: one group is tasked with completing a number of passes while the other smaller group tries to take possession of the ball.
- And four years after Pep from Catalonia first clapped eyes on Phil from Stockport across a crowded rondo, here finally was the consummation.2020 August 7, Jonathan Liew, “Phil Foden stars to offer Manchester City glimpse of multiple futures”, in The Guardian
- A gambling game played with small balls on a table.
rondo meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
rondo in Hindi
- रोंडो, रंडो
rondo in Tamil
- ரோண்டோ, ரோன்டோ
rondo in Marathi
- रोंडो, रॉन्डो
rondo in Urdu
- رونڈو
More languagesFewer languages
- rondo in Bengali
- রন্ডো, রণ্ডো, রোন্ডো
- rondo in Telugu
- రోండో, రొండో
- rondo in Malayalam
- റോണ്ടോ, റോൻഡോ, റോണ്ടൊ
- rondo in Kannada
- ರೋಂಡೋ, ರೊಂಡೋ
- rondo in Punjabi
- ਰੋਂਡੋ, ਰੌਂਡੋ
- rondo in Gujarati
- રોન્ડો
- rondo in Odia
- ରୋଣ୍ଡୋ, ରଣ୍ଡୋ
- rondo in Nepali
- रोन्डो, रोण्डो
Forms of rondo
| plural | rondos |
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Origin of rondo
Unadapted borrowing from Italian rondò, itself an unadapted borrowing of French rondeau. Doublet of rondeau; see there for further etymology.
Words that rhyme with rondo
Questions about rondo
- What does rondo mean?
- Rondo means a musical composition, commonly of a lively, cheerful character, in which the first strain recurs after each of the other strains.
- What is rondo in Hindi?
- Rondo in Hindi is रोंडो, रंडो. See Rondo meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is rondo?
- Rondo is a noun.
- How do you pronounce rondo?
- Rondo is pronounced /ˈɹɒn.dəʊ/.
- What is the plural of rondo?
- The plural of rondo is rondos.
Words near rondo in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: rondo (page history and authors); rondo (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rondo (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rondo (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rondo (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rondo (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rondo (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rondo (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rondo (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rondo (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rondo (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rondo (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); rondo (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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